But by and large, the answer to the question “How do large institutions survive?” is “They don’t!” The vast majority of large modern-day institutions—some of them extremely vital to the functioning of our complex civilization—simply fail to exist in the first place.
I’d love to see a followup post on these modern day institutions that don’t exist. So much of our environment and experience is dominated by our tribal instincts that it is diffiucult to picture which institutions would exist were we somewhat more rational.
I’d love to see a followup post on these modern day institutions that don’t exist. So much of our environment and experience is dominated by our tribal instincts that it is diffiucult to picture which institutions would exist were we somewhat more rational.